unkempt
Example Sentences
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“One cannot just rush from one’s home looking shabby, rumpled, and unkempt,” Handsome would likely say to Duane.
From Literature
The poet appealed to Hallam’s imaginative depths, and Hallam brought the unkempt and solitary Tennyson into the world of the elite and affluent.
In it, he played a nerdy, unkempt co-founder who gets left behind when the business takes off.
His bright orange beard is unkempt and hangs halfway down his chest.
From Literature
On an unkempt lawn, red lanterns sway above a modest Chinese New Year celebration - a small but telling detail in a country where Beijing and Delhi are both vying hard for influence.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
